Metastasis Research Laboratory
The Metastasis Research Laboratory was founded in 1992 and is addressing several aspects of cancer development and progression mainly related to metabolism and biomarker discovery.
The Metastasis Research Laboratory was founded in 1992 and is addressing several aspects of cancer development and progression mainly related to metabolism and biomarker discovery.
Our team aims at understanding the importance and the impact of metabolic stress, mainly glycation, in the aggressiveness of cancer cells.
Our team aims at deciphering the mechanisms leading to the mitochondrial adaptation in pancreas cancer. We focus our attention to the mitochondrial dynamics and to its functional fitness. Myoferlin was identified as a promising therapeutic target.
Olivier Peulen's group shows that myoferlin protects colon cancer cells from a p53-induced cell death. Multimodal chemotherapy, targeting myoferlin and restoring p53 activity, could be considered as relevant in patients with this cancer.
Université de Liège, Quartier Hôpital
Institut de Pathologie B23, 4ème étage, Route 688
Avenue Hippocrate 13
B-4000 Liège (Sart-Tilman), Belgium
| (Metabolic Stress and Cancer) |
(Mitochondrial Adaptation and Cancer) |
|---|---|
| Co-directeur | Principal Investigator |
| a.bellahcene@uliege.be | olivier.peulen@uliege.be |
| +32 4 366 25 57 | +32 4 366 37 92 |